2006 Sustainability Report - Coca-Cola Amatil

Water
We have made a number of operational
changes in our production plants and
invested in new technology to improve
ongoing savings of mains water.
This has resulted in CCA achieving
best practice in the global Coke
system for efficient water use. In
Australia in 2006 production of all
carbonated and non-carbonated
beverages (including soft drinks,
water, sports drinks and juice)
achieved a ratio of 1.55 litres of
water to make 1 finished litre of
beverage (L/FBL). This compares
with Coca-Cola Enterprises in the US,
which uses 1.86 L/FBL and the global
average for TCCC bottlers of 2.60 L/FBL.
CCA submits water savings action
plans to all Australians states which
currently require them – NSW,
Victoria, Queensland, South Australia.
In Indonesia Water Resource
Management systems are being
implemented to minimise water use in
all plants.
CCA is currently preparing a response
to TCCC’s Global Water Stewardship
Strategy which will document
initiatives in water efficiency,
wastewater compliance, watershed
management, water quality and social
aspects in beverage operations across
the Group.
Energy
While energy costs are a very small
percentage of CCA’s overall cost base,
energy reduction and improvements in
energy efficiency are key components
of each Australian state-based core
business plan.
CCA in Australia is a voluntary
member of the Australian
Government’s Greenhouse
Challenge Plus Program and
reports annually on greenhouse
gas (GHG) emissions and reductions.
CCA also participates in various statebased
reporting programs examining
energy consumption, as required.
In 2006 CCA Australia participated
in the Carbon Disclosure Project
(CDP) for the first time. The CDP
provides a secretariat for the world’s
largest institutional investor
collaboration on the business
implications of climate change. The
website (www.cdproject.net) is the
world’s largest registry of corporate
GHG emissions.
In 2006, GHG emissions from
CCA’s Australian carbonated
beverage business and the Victorian
juice business was reported as 106,779
tonnes of CO 2 . Our KPI for energy
efficiency is tonnes of CO 2 equivalent
(CO 2 e) emissions per kilolitre of
finished beverage. In 2006 our KPI
value was 62.86 kg CO 2 e/kFBL, an
improvement on our 2005 KPI of
0.31 CO 2 e/kFBL.
In 2007 energy efficiency will emerge
as CCA’s lead environmental key
performance indicator.
Other areas where we are gathering
information to quantify impacts and
identify opportunities centre on fleet
fuel consumption and our equipment
division. We aim to report more
comprehensively on these areas in
the future.
Waste
Waste from operations includes
unused packaging, paper and
cardboard, timber, pallets, scrap metal,
canteen waste, fruit and vegetable
processing pulp and residue from
water and wastewater treatment
processes. Waste is either returned to
the supplier, recycled through markets
or disposed into landfill.
In Australia and New Zealand
more than 80% of waste is recycled,
thanks to well-developed recycling
markets and defined waste
management systems onsite. Most
fruit processing waste at SPCA is
recycled as stock feed.
In our developing country operations,
waste is recycled where there is a
viable market. Materials recycled
include aluminium, PET, cardboard,
glass, scrap metal, timber, stretch and
shrink film, plastic caps and paper.
In future we will collaborate with
suppliers to reduce waste items
brought on site.
CCA undertook a waste audit of
head office in Sydney which resulted
in an internal staff education
campaign around recycling.
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